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Q. What is adaptive fashion?
Q. Is technology interfering with the creative process in art?

 

Q. What is adaptive fashion?A: Haley Swartz ‘22, winner of the first PETE Prize for Innovation, developed a line of clothing for people with certain health conditions. Play video
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When I was four years old, I was diagnosed with a heart condition…My clothes didn’t work with a heart monitor, so I either had to carry it around or tuck it into the waistband of my pants. I used fashion as a way to cope with that experience.

Haley SwartzFashion Design AAS ’22
Q. Is technology interfering with the creative process in art?A:  I think that the technology that is coming and that we are seeing now can help elevate visual art and illustration to a new place. 
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"As long as artists are in touch and in tune with their feelings and the feelings of other people, they’ll always have the ability to create more unique pieces than anything that technology can bring. "

John P. Dessereau ‘19Illustration MFA

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